- Contributed by听
- nottinghamcsv
- People in story:听
- Elsie Phillips
- Location of story:听
- Norwich, Norfolk
- Background to story:听
- Army
- Article ID:听
- A5314006
- Contributed on:听
- 25 August 2005
This story was submitted to the People's War site by a volunteer from CSV / 大象传媒 Radio Nottingham on behalf of Elsie Phillips and has been added to the site with her permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions.
Towards the end of the war I was based in Norwich. It was a super town. I lived near to where Coleman's mustard factory was bombed.
We were very busy here. We had one girl who was always going absent without leave - AWOL.
Once we caught her at a local fair. She had been noticed because she was wearing HMS shoes with her civilian clothes. Each time we took her back to barracks with a warning, but she would go AWOL again.
I had to go to her house accompanied by a local policeman. The house was very dirty. and there were ferrets in the hearth!
Eventually she was given a dishonourable discharge from the services
AWOL in Norwich
By Sue Whibley
People in story: Elsie Phillips
Location of story: Norwich, Norfolk
Unit name: Military Police
Background to story: Army
This story was submitted to the People's War site by a volunteer from 大象传媒 Nottingham on behalf of Elsie Phillips and has been added to the site with her permission. Elsie fully understands the site's terms and conditions.
Towards the end of the war I was based in Norwich. It was a super town. I lived near to where Coleman's mustard factory was bombed.
We were very busy here. We had one girl who was always going absent without leave - AWOL.
Once we caught her at a local fair. She had been noticed because she was wearing HMS shoes with her civilian clothes. Each time we took her back to barracks with a warning, but she would go AWOL again.
I had to go to her house accompanied by a local policeman. The house was very dirty. and there were ferrets in the hearth!
Eventually she was given a dishonourable discharge from the services
AWOL in Norwich
By Sue Whibley
People in story: Elsie Phillips
Location of story: Norwich, Norfolk
Unit name: Military Police
Background to story: Army
This story was submitted to the People's War site by a volunteer from 大象传媒 Nottingham on behalf of Elsie Phillips and has been added to the site with her permission. Elsie fully understands the site's terms and conditions.
Towards the end of the war I was based in Norwich. It was a super town. I lived near to where Coleman's mustard factory was bombed.
We were very busy here. We had one girl who was always going absent without leave - AWOL.
Once we caught her at a local fair. She had been noticed because she was wearing HMS shoes with her civilian clothes. Each time we took her back to barracks with a warning, but she would go AWOL again.
I had to go to her house accompanied by a local policeman. The house was very dirty. and there were ferrets in the hearth!
Eventually she was given a dishonourable discharge from the services
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